Manchin insisted a basic election reform bill would get GOP support, suggesting Democrats’ sweeping bill failed because it was ‘800 pages long.’
Sen. Joe Manchin on Thursday shot down the idea of creating a carve-out to the Senate filibuster for voting rights bills after a meeting with Democratic state lawmakers from Texas who are in Washington, D.C., to protest a voting restrictions bill in their state, effectively killing a proposal that has gained steam among even someWASHINGTON, DC - JULY 15: U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin talks to reporters as he leaves after ameeting with members of Texas House Democratic Caucus at the U.S.
The filibuster was not touched on in great detail in the meeting, according to Manchin and State Rep. Nathan Johnson of Dallas, despite the lawmakers’The Senate’s GOP minority used the filibuster last month toDemocrats’ sweeping election bill, which would roll back many state-level restrictions, expand mail-in voting and institute automatic voter registration on top of other provisions to increase ballot access.
Manchin suggested Republicans opposed the bill because it was too comprehensive – ”they had a bill that’s 800 pages long, they’ve had everything thrown at them,” he said – calling for more bare-bones legislation that “protects the basic right of voting.” Manchin and Johnson pointed to the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, which aims to restore portions of the Voting Rights Act that were struck down by the Supreme Court that required certain states and localities to seek permission from the federal government to pass election laws, as a bill that’s more likely to pass.in his support for a bill to restore the Voting Rights Act – but the John Lewis bill has support from only one Republican, moderate Sen. Lisa Murkowski from Alaska.
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